Simulation Clock Advance

Problem

Advance a discrete-event simulation clock to the next scheduled event strictly after current_time. Return the smallest event time greater than current_time, or current_time when no future event exists.

Hint

Ignore events at or before the current clock.

Test cases

case 1

in: [0,[3,1,2]]

expected: 1

case 2

in: [2,[3,1,2]]

expected: 3

case 3

in: [5,[3,1,2]]

expected: 5

case 4

in: [1,[2,2,3]]

expected: 2

Starter codePython

def clock_advance(current_time, event_times):
    # Your code here
    pass

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